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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Learning Curve.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the end, Sedaris' authority is undermined when
(a) He allows a student to teach the class.
(b) He admits how much money he is paid to teach the class
(c) He refuses to answer a student's question about his salary.
(d) He admits that he has never been published.

2. Why are the fishermen interested in Lou Sedaris' equation?
(a) They want to know how much their property would have been worth today.
(b) They want to know why he is drawing in the sand.
(c) They want to know if he is interested in buying property.
(d) They are interested in the number of grains of sand per acre.

3. Mr. Mancini makes Sedaris uncomfortable by constantly referring to
(a) Women and sex.
(b) Men and sex.
(c) Popular songs Sedaris does not know.
(d) Jazz musicians.

4. Sedaris decides to make his students more comfortable by
(a) Letting them design the class activities.
(b) Allowing them to drink in class.
(c) Allowing them to smoke in class.
(d) Sharing his private life with them.

5. What skill does Sedaris admire in his mother that eludes him?
(a) She can explain how a radio works.
(b) She can solve his father's equations.
(c) She can tan the backs of her ears and her palms.
(d) She can smoke an entire cigarette without taking it out of her mouth.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the essay, Miss Sampson tricks Sedaris by

2. Sedaris justifies viewing soap operas in class by

3. Miss Sampson attempts to illustrate Sedaris' speech problem by

4. The sign Sedaris would post on the Speech Therapist's door would read

5. Sedaris believed he was living art because

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